I hate buying from Uncle Jeff but this thing looks like it's exactly the same as the Vevor and a few of the other bargain AIOs and at this price I couldn't pass it up.
My gas fired Brutus 10 keeps asking why I don't love her anymore :(
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Hi everyone, last week I decided to brew my first beer. I used an all grain kit for Irish Red Ale, I used brew in the bag method, while following mashing temperatures and times in the kit.
~5.3kg of grain total, mash 30min @66c then 30min @70c, then 1min @77c, then sparge with 80c water, followed by 60 minutes boil with 30g of goldings hops (pellets, 4.3%aa).
I've got 22l of wort with a starting gravity of 1.052, after pitching yeast (US-05) and fermenting @20c in approximately 48 hours my gravity got to 1.021 (as indicated by my gravitymon) and it's been stuck at 1.021 for 3 days now.
According to the recipe my final gravity should be ~1.009. I'm planning to bottle carbonate using table sugar, in the recipe it says that bottling should be done 2 weeks after pitching yeast.
Should I be worried about fast fermentation? (I've only got experience with mead/fruit wines where fermentation is usually much slower, I've never used ale yeast)
If I bottle after 2 weeks, would there still be enough yeast in suspension to allow for bottle carbonation or should I add some yeast to each bottle if yes would ec1118 work or should I get some more US-05/other ale yeast?
Should I expect the beer to be overly sweet with final gravity .01 higher than in the recipe?
I want to experiment with brewing using acorns. Specifically acorn starch, which once extracted, is similar to cornstarch or potato starch. My plan is to just add malt (or enzymes) like I would with any other adjunct. Is there any reason separated starch might cause issues i haven't thought of?
Wanted to ask a human being instead of ai, I got a little excited before my first brew, slacked off on the sanitization thing, and now I have a thin, snotty film on my beer and it smells funny, so I just wanted to ask if it’s for the drain or if there’s anything magical I could do to salvage it somewhat?
[also posted to https://homebrewtalk.com/threads/where-to-drill-an-edgestar-kc7000.740454/, will update both threads with whatever I learn]
Hi all - Looking for help with a kegerator mod here...
I have an EdgeStar KC7000 that I bought in 2019 (https://www.fergusonhome.com/edgestar-kc7000odtwin/s1167704?uid=2794254.)
I've always used 5lb CO2 tanks, which store nicely inside the unit on a little shelf in the back. I am trying to move to 20lb tanks to save money and cut down on trips to the local homebrew store to refill.
I really like this guy's setup: https://www.reddit.com/r/Homebrewing/comments/lzor6e/i_finally_moved_my_20_lb_co2_tank_outside_my/
I'm looking for guidance on how to find a safe place to drill. In my younger (and broker) days we ruined a dorm room fridge trying to drill a spot on the top for the tower, but it wasn't a big deal; we found another one basically for free, and mounted the taps on the door. My current unit was $1800 in 2019 and new ones are $2300 now so I'd prefer not to ruin it!
What I know:
Looking at it from the inside, I'd love to drill through the back right, well to the right of the evaporator. I've emailed EdgeStar to see if they'll share a diagram of the tubing, but I doubt they'll tell me anything useful.
Any advice on how to determine whether/where it's safst to drill? Will the cornstarch-and-everclear trick work? A thermal camera? Even if I'm clear of the condenser coils, are there any other types of tubing that I could hit that would brick this guy?
Photos here: https://imgur.com/a/edgestar-kc7000-safe-location-drilling-8Tl5YsG
Having a bizarre problem. When I try to carbonate my keg, there is bubbling along the edge of my keg lid. There is obviously some kind of a leak, but I don't know how to fix it. I can't tighten anything with my lid, and I can't reverse the lid (if I try to move it 180, it won't close because the handle would be in the way). The o-ring is good and it fits. Any suggestions?
I'm shopping for my first AIO system. Getting back into the hobby after 16 years away. I noticed Brewzilla 9.25G lists 8lb minimum grains in the mash. Why is this? Do people actually have problems with smaller mashes in these systems?
I'm a fan of lower abv beers and would like to be able to sometimes brew smaller batches, so I can imagine I'd be dipping under 8 lb of grain a fair amount of the time.
Hey all,
Looking to brew my first stout soon. The grain bill is as follows
1.119 kg Maris Otter
336 g Munich
313 g Vienna
180 g ordinary rolled porridge oats
112 g Chocolate Malt
65 g Roasted Barley
I couldn't get flaked oats so gonna wing rolled oats.
Going to use s04 as well.
Does it look ok? Aiming for around 5.6abv
Cheers
I just purchased a Brewmaster Belgian Trippel recipe kit, and am planning to start brewing in a week. What is the best way to store my kit until then? Do I need to take out and refrigerate or freeze any ingredients? Or can I just leave it in my closet or something for a week? This is my first time brewing, and I should’ve asked the guy at the store I bought it from, but forgot.